Cases
School of Oriental and African Studies v Persons Unknown [2010] 49 E.G 78
PLSCS 303, an urgent injunction obtained against protesting students in the course of the...
Katie has a successful and established property practice encompassing all aspects of commercial and residential property litigation and including complementary areas of planning, rating and valuation and environmental law.
Katie acts for a wide range of clients across the full spectrum of property litigation including individuals, large estates, developers, charities, local authorities, large commercial organisations, local authorities and retailers.
Katie is listed in Chambers and Partners as a leading junior. She is described as “An excellent junior who always impresses our clients” “technically a very good lawyer and a fighter as an advocate”
Katie has a successful and varied property practice covering all aspects of commercial and residential property litigation. As a specialist in both residential and commercial property litigation Katie is particularly well placed to advise on issues arising out of mixed use developments. Katie’s expertise in complementary areas of planning, rating and valuation and environmental law enables her to provide comprehensive and commercial advice in respect of development of land.
Katie is regularly instructed to advise on a wide range of real property matters including trespass, adverse possession, land registration, options and overage provisions. Some examples of which are set out below:
Katie is listed in Chambers and Partners as a leading junior in real estate litigation. She is described as being “Responsive and a real team player with a strong commercial focus” “She provides strong commercial advice that cuts through legal issues to get to the nub of the matter."
Katie has an established commercial landlord and tenant practice including forfeiture and relief, related insolvency issues, dilapidations, rent review, 1954 Act leases renewals and consents.
Notable work:
Leasehold Enfranchisement and Rights of First
Katie has extensive experience of all aspects of enfranchisement and regularly advises, appears in cases and gives talks on:
Katie is listed in Chambers and Partners as a leading junior in real estate litigation. She is described as "Brilliant. She knows how to manage clients’ problems."
Katie regularly appears in trials and appeals and advises on residential landlord and tenant issues including service charge disputes, breaches of covenant, unlawful assignments, and interpretation of covenants.
Katie has also appeared in numerous possession claims concerning, AST’s, licenses, Rent Act tenancies and long leases encompassing issues such as tenancy deposit schemes, determination of breach, forfeiture and relief from forfeiture and counterclaims for disrepair and other breaches of covenant.
Notable work includes:
Katie has extensive experience of urgent injunctions and civil trespass claims including:
Katie’s environmental practice is property related and includes nuisance, contaminated land, waste and flooding. She has a particular interest in cases involving the interplay between property and environmental law such as nuisance and the relationship between permitting regimes and leasehold covenants.
Katie has particular experience of nuisance cases including:
Katie also has experience in relation to electricity wayleaves and associated compulsory purchase including:
Katie acts for a range of clients on rating matters including cases raising issues such as the state of repair of the property and the valuation effect of incentives in leases. Katie has a particular interest in and experience of rating cases which raise property issues such as the relative responsibilities for landlord and tenants and the potential impact on rates of a termination of a lease.
Commercial Landlord and Tenant
Leasehold Enfranchisement and Right to Manage
Residential Tenancies
Protestor Injunctions
Property Development including Overage disputes
Land Registration and Adverse Possession
Squatters and other Trespass
Agricultural Law
Boundary and Ownership Disputes
Conveyancing Disputes
Easements and Profits a Prendre
Highways and other Transport Infrastructure
Insolvency
Mortgages, Charges, Charging Orders and Securitisation
Park Homes and Mobile Homes Act Disputes
Professional Negligence Claim Related to Property
Public Sector and Local Government Property issues
Residential Leasehold Management and Disputes
Rights of Light
Riparian Rights, Watercourses and Harbours
Telecommunications
Trusts of Land and other Equitable Claims
Village Greens, Commons and Manorial Rights
Air Quality
Nuisance
Pollution and Contaminated Land
Utilities
Waste
Provides strong commercial advice that cuts through legal issues."
Cases
School of Oriental and African Studies v Persons Unknown [2010] 49 E.G 78
PLSCS 303, an urgent injunction obtained against protesting students in the course of the...
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Cases
Cosmichome Ltd v Southampton City Council [2013] 1 W.L.R 2436
Rights of pre-emption, restrictive covenants and perpetuities.
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Cases
Anslow v Norton Aluminium Ltd [2012] EWHC 2610
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Arnold White Estates Ltd v National Grid Electricity Transmissions Plc [2014] EWCA Civ 216
Leading Court of Appeal decision concerning the assessment of compensation for an electricity...
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Columbia House Properties (No.3) Ltd v Imperial Hall RTM Co Ltd [2014] UKUT 30 (LC)
Scope of s.88 CLRA 2002.
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Property Law Quarter Day update - Mixed Use Issues For Commercial Property Lawyers
Timothy Morshead KC, Ellodie Gibbons, Aaron Walder, and Katie Helmore
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Property in Quarantine – Part 2: Mixed-Use Headaches and Hurdles
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Leaseholder Enfranchisement - What Is A Flat?
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Nuts & Bolts - Assured Shorthold Tenancies: practice & procedure
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